Home Sweet Home: by Sashi
Disclaimer: Inuyasha, Kagome, and all other related characters belong to Rumiko Takahashi, and not to me!
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Inuyasha sniffed. // Stupid humans. I don't know where they get the idea that I'm worried for Kagome. Sure, I protect her, but only because I have to! We need her to find the Shikon Jewel! //
"Are you sure that's all you need her for?" A voice asked inside. "Maybe...she's nice to have around. Before her, no one cared for you. Except...Kikyo, that is. But now she's on that whole, 'gotta kill me' thing."
Inuyasha stood and jumped to a few branches higher than his previous one.
"Of course that's all I need her for." He said to himself. "But...it is kind of nice to have someone care for you." He said slowly to himself.
"Feh." He said. "I need her for the Shikon jewel, and that's it. No more." He muttered, trying to convince himself.
Inuyasha crossed his arms and leaned back into the tree. Slowly, he fell asleep, his ever-lasting scowl sitting stubbornly upon his face.
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Sango bent over to pick up the reed basket full of herbs for Kaede. At once, she felt a familiar hand feel its way around her rear, along with a familiar squeeze.
"Pervert!" She shouted, dropping the basket and turning around to slap the lecherous monk's face. A familiar stain of red rose to his cheeks in the shape of her hand, and he touched it tenderly.
"There was merely a loose thread on your kimono." Miroku said innocently, eyes wide.
"Ya." Sango snorted angrily. "Right." Shooing Miroku away, she bent over once more to pick up the dropped basket.
As soon as she realized that the man had left, a furious blush spread over her features. It was flattering to have a man attracted to you, sure! But when he did that to every other female specimen that traipsed her way over to the group, the act became old, fast.
"Oh, Houshi-sama." She said softly to herself. "When will you learn to keep your hands to yourself?"
"Never." Kaede answered behind her, grinning slightly. "But ye know ye love him for it." She said, winking to the surprised girl.
Eyes wide, Sango repeatedly reassured the old miko that she and Miroku were nothing more than accomplices.
"Mm-hmm." Kaede murmured, in a tone the made Sango suspect that the woman didn't believe her.
"He's nothing else to me." Sango said again, more for herself than the old woman.
Kaede smiled into fire that she was trying to fan. // Young people.// She thought, along with an eye roll.
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After Miroku had left the hut, he went for a walk in Inuyasha's Forest. He sighed. Inuyasha could be so stubborn.
The monk knew that he would eventually get impatient and bring Kagome back, but it would be quite some time before he admitted his feelings for the girl from the future.
He stood underneath one of the trees somewhat nearby the clearing of the Bone Eater's well. He looked up and saw a familiar flash of red.
"Inuyasha!" Miroku called.
No answer.
"Inuyasha, I see you up there! Don't make me climb up there after you!"
Inuyasha sniffed.
"Fine." Miroku muttered. "Have it your way." At that, he hitched up his robes and began climbing with difficulty.
Suddenly the red flashed down beside him.
"Don't bother." Inuyasha said stiffly.
"Don't be in such a bad mood, Inuyasha." Miroku chastised. "Kagome does need to go to her era from time to time. It's only fair that we let her without a fight."
"I already told you, you stupid monk! I don't care! Just leave me be until she gets back!" Inuyasha shouted, followed by a growl.
"Or until you go to get her." Miroku muttered, barely under his breath.
"What?" Inuyasha asked angrily. "I heard that!"
"Nothing, nothing." Miroku said quickly. "I'll be back at the hut."
"Hpmh." Inuyasha muttered to the monk's retreating back.
When he was out of sight, Inuyasha jumped back up into the tree, lying against the trunk once more.
His features softened, without him noticing, as his mind wandered once more to Kagome.
// I wonder what she's doing right now. //
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Alright. See you next time, in chapter 4! I hope I get more reviews! I might have to start offering a prize. ;)
Disclaimer: Inuyasha, Kagome, and all other related characters belong to Rumiko Takahashi, and not to me!
*****
Inuyasha sniffed. // Stupid humans. I don't know where they get the idea that I'm worried for Kagome. Sure, I protect her, but only because I have to! We need her to find the Shikon Jewel! //
"Are you sure that's all you need her for?" A voice asked inside. "Maybe...she's nice to have around. Before her, no one cared for you. Except...Kikyo, that is. But now she's on that whole, 'gotta kill me' thing."
Inuyasha stood and jumped to a few branches higher than his previous one.
"Of course that's all I need her for." He said to himself. "But...it is kind of nice to have someone care for you." He said slowly to himself.
"Feh." He said. "I need her for the Shikon jewel, and that's it. No more." He muttered, trying to convince himself.
Inuyasha crossed his arms and leaned back into the tree. Slowly, he fell asleep, his ever-lasting scowl sitting stubbornly upon his face.
*****
Sango bent over to pick up the reed basket full of herbs for Kaede. At once, she felt a familiar hand feel its way around her rear, along with a familiar squeeze.
"Pervert!" She shouted, dropping the basket and turning around to slap the lecherous monk's face. A familiar stain of red rose to his cheeks in the shape of her hand, and he touched it tenderly.
"There was merely a loose thread on your kimono." Miroku said innocently, eyes wide.
"Ya." Sango snorted angrily. "Right." Shooing Miroku away, she bent over once more to pick up the dropped basket.
As soon as she realized that the man had left, a furious blush spread over her features. It was flattering to have a man attracted to you, sure! But when he did that to every other female specimen that traipsed her way over to the group, the act became old, fast.
"Oh, Houshi-sama." She said softly to herself. "When will you learn to keep your hands to yourself?"
"Never." Kaede answered behind her, grinning slightly. "But ye know ye love him for it." She said, winking to the surprised girl.
Eyes wide, Sango repeatedly reassured the old miko that she and Miroku were nothing more than accomplices.
"Mm-hmm." Kaede murmured, in a tone the made Sango suspect that the woman didn't believe her.
"He's nothing else to me." Sango said again, more for herself than the old woman.
Kaede smiled into fire that she was trying to fan. // Young people.// She thought, along with an eye roll.
*****
After Miroku had left the hut, he went for a walk in Inuyasha's Forest. He sighed. Inuyasha could be so stubborn.
The monk knew that he would eventually get impatient and bring Kagome back, but it would be quite some time before he admitted his feelings for the girl from the future.
He stood underneath one of the trees somewhat nearby the clearing of the Bone Eater's well. He looked up and saw a familiar flash of red.
"Inuyasha!" Miroku called.
No answer.
"Inuyasha, I see you up there! Don't make me climb up there after you!"
Inuyasha sniffed.
"Fine." Miroku muttered. "Have it your way." At that, he hitched up his robes and began climbing with difficulty.
Suddenly the red flashed down beside him.
"Don't bother." Inuyasha said stiffly.
"Don't be in such a bad mood, Inuyasha." Miroku chastised. "Kagome does need to go to her era from time to time. It's only fair that we let her without a fight."
"I already told you, you stupid monk! I don't care! Just leave me be until she gets back!" Inuyasha shouted, followed by a growl.
"Or until you go to get her." Miroku muttered, barely under his breath.
"What?" Inuyasha asked angrily. "I heard that!"
"Nothing, nothing." Miroku said quickly. "I'll be back at the hut."
"Hpmh." Inuyasha muttered to the monk's retreating back.
When he was out of sight, Inuyasha jumped back up into the tree, lying against the trunk once more.
His features softened, without him noticing, as his mind wandered once more to Kagome.
// I wonder what she's doing right now. //
*****
Alright. See you next time, in chapter 4! I hope I get more reviews! I might have to start offering a prize. ;)
